Found in in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template ... ## Type: integer(0:) ## Default: # # This option sets the ethernet address ageing time, in seconds. After <time> # seconds of not having seen a frame coming from a certain address, the bridge # will delete that address from the forwarding database. Setting ageing time # to zero makes all entries permanent. # BRIDGE_AGEINGTIME= ... I never set it in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-br0, so not sure when/how it was set. Anyway wicked apparently doesn't think it's a valid setting. So changing /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-br0 - BRIDGE_AGEINGTIME='0' + #BRIDGE_AGEINGTIME='0' then after reboot have networking over the bridge back! I don't know if there's a bug in wicked or a 'bug' in the .template.